The Four-Fold Plague

Excerpts from "Planes of Disease" by famous Dustmen doctor Hikelliam, who argues that diseases are a right way to offer death, saying that artificial means are not adequate to evolution.

One of the direst I had the chance to learn of, the Four-Fold disease, named after Gehenna and some of its effects, is almost always lethal. The Four-Fold Plague is a combination of 4 infectious diseases. They manifest simultaneously and share immunities, making it brutal and hard to treat. The first is a kind of tuberculosis that manifests violently and fast. The second is an increased version of headache, resulting in bleeding from the ears and nose, permanent loss of mental faculties and outburst of rage and convulsions. The third is similar to leprosy, causing a kind of acidic corrosion of the skin and other dermis, but not necrosis. The final assault to the organism is a 'strange kind of beacon of evil', according to a witness, that attracts planar denizens and expels in the air hallucinatory toxins.

Even fiends may die by this disease, but fortunately it is very rare, only (in) famous. Those that suffer more have the better chance of survival, unusually sturdy dwarves, lizard men and regenerating fiends last more and can cope with some of the symptoms, but eventually it take its toll. Due to the many different attacks to the body, generic magic does not work. Specific magic has limited usefulness. It helps fight one of the symptoms, but opens room for the rest. The most powerful magic is untried, like Wish, but Clone prolonged a victim's life some months. As soon as it finished growing, the infections came back.